Chlorinated and brominated ethine carbinols



Patented Jan. 19, 1932 UNITED STATES FRITZ STRAUS, OF BRESLA'U, AND LEO KOLLEK, OF MANNHEIM, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS;

PATENT OFFIQE T WINTHROP CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A GORPGR-ATION OF NEW YORK GHLORINATED AND BROMINATED ETHINE GARIBINOLS INo Drawing. Application filed April 21, 1930, Serial No. 446,182, and in Germany November 24, 1927. v H

The present invention relates to halogenethinyl alcohols and to a process of preparing same.

In accordance with the present invention '5 an acetylene alcohol is caused to react in the cold in aqueous solution with a salt of the hypochlorous or hypobromous acid (i. e. those hypohalogenous acids which are derived from either chlorine or bromine) with the production of the corresponding halogenethine carbinols of the probable general formula:

In this manner, for example, the chlorineand bromine-derivatives of ethinyl-dimethylcarbinol, ethinyl-diethylcarbinol, ethinylmethyl-ethyl-carbinol, ethinyl-cyclobutanol, ethinyl-cyclohexanol, ethinyl-cycloheptanol and the like may be produced. We prefer to perform the reaction in the presence of an excess of a hydroxide of an alkalior alkalineearth-metal in the aqueous solution of the alkaline reacting alkalior alkaline-earthmetal salt of the hypochlorous or hypobromous acid. Sometimes it is advisable to prohibit an increasing of the reaction temperature by cooling with ice.

The new halogen-ethinyl-alcohols can be distilled in vacuo and are white crystals, soluble in the usual organic solvents, practically insoluble in water. They are pharma ceutica-lly valuable substances.

The invention is illustrated by the following examples, without being restricted thereto Example 1 :Dz'ethyZ-bromoethinyZ-carbinol 110 grams of diethyl-ethinyl-carbinol (Locquin and Sung, Bull. Soc. Chim. (IV), 35 (192%), page 601) are shaken with 1750 cos. of an ice cold potassium hypobromite solution prepared in the proportion of 1000 cos.

of water, 225 grams of caustic potash and 32 cos. of bromine, at room temperature during 30 minutes. The heavy oil obtained is taken up with low boiling petroleum ether, the solution is dried and after evaporating the solvent the residue is fractionated in vacuo. Under 1314: mm. pressure the brominated alcohol of the probable formula;

distils as a colorless oil at 8l85 G. in a very good yield. It has a melting point of 16 18 G.

Example 2 .'1-B1"0m0ething Z-cyclohewanOZ-J '5 H2 quickly solidifies to a snow-white crystalmass of the melting point 55.556 C. The same product is obtained when 50 grams of ethinylcyclohexanol are strongly shaken with a solution of calcium-hypobromite, prepared with 1600 cos. of water, 180 grams of calcium oxide and 150 grams of bromine, during half an hour. The product obtained is separated off by means of ether. From the ethereal solution the 1-bromo-ethinyl-cyclohexanol is obtained as stated above.

Example 3 .'1-UhZ0r0ethinyZ-oyclohemmol-J 30 grams of 1-ethinyl-cyclohexanol-l are liquefied with 50 cos. of petroleum ether of the boiling point 10-60 G. The solution obtained is shaken at room temperature during 12 hours with 880 cos. of an ice cold potassium hypochlorite solution containing about 2 mols of potassium hypochlorite (such a hypochlorite solution is prepared, for example, by saturating a solution of 120 grams of potassium hydroxide in 800 cos. of water with chlorine while cooling with ice, until litmus just is bleached, and then diluting the mixture obtained with a solution of 240 grams of potassium hydroxide in 800 cos. of water) The reaction product is taken up with petroleum ether, the solution is dried and the solvent is distitlled oil". The 1-chloro-ethinyl-cyclohexanol-l remains as a white crystalline mass of the melting point 5152 C. It boils under a pressure of 13 mm. at 98 C. and can be recrystallized from petroleum ether.

This is a continuation in part application of our co ending application Ser. No. 318,- 587, filed ovember 10, 1928.

We claim:

1. The process which comprises subjecting an ethinyl-carbinol of the probable general formula:

wherein the Xs stand for alkyl groups or the two Xs jointly stand for an alkylene-residue containing at least 3 carbon atoms, to the action of a salt of a hypohalogenous-acid derived from a halogen'of the group consisting of chlorine and bromine in an aqueous solution.

2. The process which comprises subjecting an ethinyl-carbinol of the probable general formula:

on wherein the Xs stand for alkyl groups or the two Xs jointly stand for an alkylene-residue containing at least 3 carbon atoms, to the action of a salt of hypohalogenous acid derived from a halogen of the group consisting of chlorine and bromine in an aqueous solution, containin a hydroxide of the group consisting of alialiand alkaline-earth-metal hydroxides.

3. The process which comprises subjecting an ethin l-dialkyl-carbinol of the probable general ormula:

to the action of a salt of a hypohalogenous acid derived from a halogen of the group consisting of chlorine and bromine in an aqueous solution.

4. The process which comprises subjecting an ethinyl-dialkyl-carbinol of the probable general formula:

lkyl

lkyl to the action of a salt of a hypohalogenous acid derived from a halogen of the group consisting of chlorine and bromine in an aqueous solution containing a hydroxide of the group consisting of alkaliand alkaline-earth-metal hydroxides. V

5. The process which comprises subjecting ethinyl-diethyl-carbinol to the action of a salt of a hypohalogenous acid derived from a halogen of the group consisting of chlorine and bromine in an aqueous solution.

6. The process which comprisessubjecting ethinyl-diethyl-carbinol to the action of an alkali-metal salt of the hypobromous acid in an aqueous solution containing a free alkali metal hydroxide.

7. The process which comprises subjecting 110 grams of diethyl-carbinol to the action of 1750 cos. of an ice cold potassium hypobromite solution prepared in the proportion of 1000 cos. of water, 225 grams of caustic potash and 32 cos. of bromine, at room temperature for 30 minutes, taking up the heavy oil obtained with low boiling petroleum ether, drying the solution obtained and fractionating the residue in vacuo afterevaporating the solvent.

8. Halogen ethinyl-alcohols of the probable general formula:

eral formula 1 Hal-OECC wherein Hal stands for a halogen of the group consisting of chlorine and bromine, said halogenethinyl-carbinols being colorless products, soluble in alcohol and ether,

being pharmaceuticallyvaluable substances. 31:30

10. The bromoethinyl-diethyl-carbinol of the probable formula:

having a boiling point of 8485 C. under 13-14 mm. pressure, having a melting point of 1618 0., being soluble in alcohol, acetone and ether, insoluble in Water, being suitable for therapeutic use.

11. The bromoethinyl-cyclohexanol-l of the probable formula:

GECBr, h,

having a boiling point of 111112 C. under 11-12 mm. pressure, forming snow-white crystals of the melting point 55.556 (3., being soluble in alcohol, acetone and ether, insoluble in Water and being suitable for therapeutic use.

12. The l-c-hlorothinyl-oyclohexanol-1, having a boiling point of 98 C. under 13 mm. pressure, forming White crystals of the melting point 5152 (3., being soluble in alcohol, ether, acetone and petroleum ether and being suitable for therapeutic use.

In testimony whereof, We aflix our signatures.

FRITZ STRAUS. LEO KOLLEK. 

